I’ve learned these guys projecting where players are going don’t know much.
I’m not saying they are but they are definitely way more popular than UCLA sports will ever be outside of March Madness and only then if they are good.
Hurley definitely rebuilt UConn for sure, they were really down the last couple years of Ollie.
The NIL budget is just a guess and it is questionable that it would provide any more of a recruiting advantage than UK always had based on history and tradition. I listed numerous examples of high profile coaches who stepped into good situations but still got off to slow starts.
The same people who always go on that there is no such thing as moral victories are the first to put extra weight on margin in a loss.
I could have made a list of bad coaches with terrible winning percentages but it would have been just as pointless as what you did. Age is not nearly as relevant as coaching tenure. I'll not try to argue what is more likely. I have only sought to point out what is possible. I have not tried to make predictions as to what lies ahead and I definitely make no guarantees. Time will tell and crapping on him only hurts our potential.
Yes, I understand that. My point is that it took longer to turn things around back then. There were very very few upperclassmen transfers. Those coaches needed years to restock their program. Now it can be done immediately, especially with a big portal budget like we have. I don’t really think this is even a debate. The old examples are irrelevant with the changes.
You are making the assumption they all walked into disastrous rebuild scenarios which is not the case and I have already provided numerous examples of that. You are ignoring the injury issues which Pope has had to deal with as well.
| 2020–21 | Eric Musselman | 25–7 | 13–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Elite Eight |
| 2021–22 | Eric Musselman | 28–9 | 13–5 | 4th | NCAA Division I Elite Eight |
| 2022–23 | Eric Musselman | 22–14 | 8–10 | T–9th | NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen |
| 2023–24 | Eric Musselman | 16–17 | 6–12 | T–11th |
| 2020–21 | John Calipari | 9–16 | 8–9 | 8th | |
| 2021–22 | John Calipari | 26–8 | 14–4 | 3rd | NCAA Division I first round |
| 2022–23 | John Calipari | 22–12 | 12–6 | 3rd | NCAA Division I second round |
| 2023–24 | John Calipari | 23–10 | 13–5 | T-2nd | NCAA Division I first round |
The "same people" type of arguments are the laziest. Anyone that can't acknowledge that a hard fought close loss is better received than being down 30 at the half with an embarrassing effort is just being disingenuous. The number of games being down double digits is well documented. The "weird" argument is not a small faction of disgruntled fans, it was widespread across the CBB community after those early losses. His videos last month helped a lot but it is still out there and being used against us. Recruiting has gotten better but has a long way to go and that factors in how the fans view the future. Contrary to the reputation our fans don't need much to be all in. The 14-14 Pitino team was one of the most optimistic seasons I have experienced. Whether or not you can admit it he has not inspired a lot of hope. The job requires a certain presence, I hope he gets it and us where we all want the program to be.
Honestly gotta give credit where credit is due with Keegan Brown. Taking the place of Pope in terms of negotiations with agents and families is huge in our pursuit of not getting ‘played’. Seems like they’re building a more cohesive unit and I feel a lot of that has to do with Keegan.
Potter. 39.8 % career on 93 attempts
People are sleeping on Potter. He’s 7’1 and has went from 205 to 235. He can hit the three better than most centers. Many on here have bashed him despite never watching him play.
That's nice, but we haven't seen him against high level competition and likely won't. I wouldn't mind seeing him finally in some garbage time, again, against higher level comp if we can manage to put some teams away.
So far this summer we have confirmation that people are sleeping on N'Diaye, Hawthorne, Kam Williams, Mason Williams, McBride, Wilkins, and now Potter.
Yeah I think this is something a lot of us misunderstand. I dont think many in that field like Travis do much guessing as thats to risky for their reputation and success. What they do is just pass along the info as the hear it from sources but no matter how close the source (even family members) those things are always subject to change as circumstance change, like better offers coming in last minute etc.
I don’t expect him to play much, but I also don’t think he’s terrible and you can’t dismiss a 7 foot guy who shoots 40% from three. If he can give you 5 minutes, I’m good with that.
I think the point is that you had so many on here that bashed everyone of these players. Did you bash any of them? Just curious.
Ryan Hampton was Top 10. Getting dropped in the rankings because of the Kentucky fact doesn't change the fact that Rivals had him as high as 6th
Don't remember you standing out previously. You've rapidly moved toward most insufferable poster here though.
Yeah I look at him as a nice-to-have emergency/practice guy. I'm not factoring him into any analysis of how good this team will be.
Who knew that asking a simple question would trigger such a response. If you find that "insufferable", how do you make it through the actual stresses of real life, sir?
